Meanwhile, Elaine's artistic ex-boyfriend develops a lethal infection after Jerry and Kramer drop a Junior Mint into his body during a surgical operation.
As Kramer offers the doctor a Junior Mint, Elaine decides to cancel her date with Roy, whom she observes eating enthusiastically again in his hospital room.
According to the "Inside Look" from the DVD, the writers had trouble coming up with a name for Jerry's girlfriend, initially settling upon "Cloris."
Jerry Seinfeld approved of it in time to add it to the script and the scene was shot with that being the character's name.
"[2] Jerry's line concerning Roy, "Then we can go watch 'em slice this fat bastard up," was improvised by Seinfeld.
A York Peppermint Pattie was used for filming the scene in the operating theater, as a Junior Mint was too small for the camera.